"Applications Places Systems" menu area stealing focus

[Willie Walker]

Thanks Henrik!

I've noticed that there are cases where I can give focus to the
"Applications Places System" area (as indicated by a dotted line around
it), and I can never get out of it.  One way I've been able to reproduce
this is by giving focus to the area via Ctrl+Alt+Tab, bringing up the
Applications menu by pressing the right arrow key, and then dismissing
it by pressing escape.  Sometimes, but not always, I seem to get in a
situation where the Ctrl+Alt+Arrow workaround doesn't even get me
unstuck.  :-(

Will

On Sat, 2006-07-15 at 21:29 +0100, Henrik Nilsen Omma wrote:
> Willie Walker wrote:
> > Hi All:
> >
> > When I press Ctrl+Alt+Tab to give focus to the top panel, I've found
> > that the "Applications Places Systems" menu area at the top left of the
> > display happily grabs keyboard focus.  
> >
> > The problem is that once I've done Ctrl+Alt+Tab and then get into this
> > menu area via keyboard traversal, I often cannot seem to get keyboard
> > focus out of this area using the keyboard alone.  I've tried Ctrl+Alt
> > +Tab again, Escape, arrowing around, starting a new app, etc.   I find
> > myself needing to click the mouse somewhere else to unstick the focus.
> > I've done a cursory search of the archives, but haven't found anything
> > related to this.  
> >
> > Is there a magic keystroke I'm missing?
> >   
> Hi Willie,
> 
> I've found a workaround, but this does seem like a bug/issue that should 
> be reported (I'll do that). Pressing Ctrl+Alt+Left/Right changes the 
> view to the next view-pane. You then get focus on your applications 
> again and you can repeat to get back to your original desktop by 
> pressing Ctrl+Alt+Right/Left.
> 
> - Henrik